Efficacy of Giardia vaccination in the treatment of giardiasis in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1548-1551

  Stein, John E ^a   Radecki, Steven V ^b   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEL O VAX GIARDIA; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA;

EID: 0038350777     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1548     Document Type: Article

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